Year 6 Weekly Homework Tasks – week beginning: 23/3/20Columbia Primary SchoolReading and Writing ReadingRead to an adult every day for 20 minutes. You can still log on and quiz on your books using Accelerated Reader https://ukhosted90.renlearn.co.uk/2243193/Monday: The Octopus

1. Read the text ‘The Octopus’ https://DIVASOJ.exampro.net

2. Answer questions 1-5.

Tuesday: The Octopus1. Read the text ‘The Octopus’ again https://DIVASOJ.exampro.net

2. Answer questions 6-12.

Wednesday: The Octopus Write a fact file about an Octopus. Use information found in the text. Here are some ideas:

Thursday: The OctopusWrite a character description of an Octopus. Here’s a short example from our model text:The flickering fire revealed a large hand with razor-like nails, blood-stained teeth and one enormous eye.

Why not try starting with, ‘The light from the moon revealed…’Challenge: can you make your octopus sound scary like the cyclops?Friday: The OctopusWrite an acrostic poem about an octopus. An acrostic poem is where the first letters of each line spell out the word. The word for your poem is:OCTOPUSHere is an example for the word ‘pencil’:

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Story time Read to your child for at least 20 mins a day www.storynory.com

PE Go out running/ cycling/ scooting with your child everyday for at least half an hour but avoid

other people

Art/ DTMonday Can you draw a cartoon strip telling the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops. There is an example underneath. Your challenge is to tell the story with just 6 boxes!

WednesdayMagical creatures appear in lots of Greek mythology. Create your own Greek Mythological creature!Here are some examples:

The Cyclops Scylla Charybdis Friday Draw an observational sketch of someone running. Can you get someone to pose for you to help you draw accurately?

HumanitiesTuesday Learn the major cities in the UK. Can you cover them up and remember them all?

Thursday Sort these sports into the Venn diagram

Weekly timetable

Monda Tuesda Wedne Thursd Friday

y y sday ay9.00 – 9.30 Reading Reading Reading Reading Reading

9.30 – 10.30

Reading task

Reading task Writing task Writing task Writing task

10.30 – 11.00 Break

11.00 – 12.00 Maths Maths Maths Maths Maths

12.00 – 1.00 Lunch

1.00 – 2.00

Story time Story time Story time Story time Story timeExercise Exercise Exercise Exercise Exercise

2.00 – 2.30 Break

2.30 – 3.30 Art/ DT Humanities Art/ DT Humanities Art/ DT